This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and Clorox blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.

Have you ever encountered a mess that defied explanation? If you have kids, the answer to that question is a resounding YES!

I find and/or step in those messes on a daily basis. A living room that looks like a Toys ‘R Us threw up all over it (10 minutes after I cleaned it). A mysterious sticky substance all over my iPhone. Some sort of crusty blob stuck to the butt of my jeans (which I usually notice AFTER I’ve been shopping for three hours).

If there’s anyone who knows a thing or two about unexplainable yuck, it’s the folks at Clorox. They’ve got a product from just about any situation – from toilet bowl cleaners to disinfecting wipes to sprays. And now, with a little help from yours truly, they’ve got a dictionary to help you explain those messes.

The Clorox guide to gross stuff is called the Ick-tionary. It captures the icky everyday and over-the-top situations that everyone can relate to, especially parents! What’s nice about the Ick-tionary is that the words and definitions are created by the moms and dads who are in the trenches cleaning up those messes.

Clorox reached out to me a few months ago and asked me to submit a few words to be included in the first edition of the online Ick-tionary. Faced with such a fun and therapeutic task, I immediately accepted the challenge. My contributions to the Ick-tionary include:

Muckrowave: The gradual transformation of the inside of a microwave oven into something resembling a horror movie prop.

(EXAMPLE: “Honey, I’m pretty sure the muckrowave needs cleaned, because I just found a piece of dried spaghetti in my oatmeal.”)

Grubfitti: Greasy fingerprints on walls, windows and other household surfaces left by toddlers with hands that haven’t been washed since lunchtime.

(EXAMPLE: “The grubfitti on the front of my stainless steel refrigerator looks strangely like Elmo … if Elmo had three arms and was made of chicken nugget grease.”)

Of course, there are many other messy words in the Ick-tionary. Words like “foop” (when a baby steps in a poopy diaper and then tracks it all over the floor), “fridge-a-mortis” (when liquids in your veggie drawer harden over time), and “petrifries” (week-old French fries found stuck in your toddler’s high chair).

Feel free to visit the Clorox Ick-tionary to check out the entire list. While you’re there, you can sign up to receive a coupon for 75 cents off any Clorox product (while supplies last). You can also submit your own words and interact with the words by playing fun games for a chance to win a $25 prize. Of course, Clorox is also more than happy to help you clean up the foop, fridge-a-mortis or grubfitti by offering all sorts of anti-ick cleaning tips!

This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and Clorox blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. To read more posts on this topic, click here.

When I read the words at the top of your post, I was thinking – ‘maybe I’m reading this wrong’; lol. Yes, the dictionary would be welcome in my home, because there has to be a host of words to describe what my children create. In my daughters bedroom ALONE there is a whole possibility of new words waiting to join the ranks!

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